NSSL’s Kurt Hondl has been awarded the 2010 OAR Employee of the Year. The citation reads, “In recognition of professional excellence while performing an OAR special project and as Acting Deputy Director for the National…
Winter precipitation radar project begins
The type and amount of winter precipitation is very sensitive to subtle changes in the atmosphere making forecasting winter precipitation difficult. During the months of December and January, NSSL/CIMMS researchers will use three radars to…
Two NSSL researchers elected AMS Fellows
The American Meteorology Society (AMS) has announced the election of Dave Rust and Harold Brooks to the status of AMS Fellow.
NSSL Storyteller’s video
A new video on NSSL’s outreach efforts has been posted on the NOAA Weather Partners You Tube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/NOAAWP.
Tornadoes producing damage on the ground detectible by dual-polarization radar
Recent analysis of data from NOAA NSSL’s prototype dual-polarization radar during a significant tornado outbreak in central Oklahoma this past spring showed debris from a damaging tornado. This critical information can help a forecaster confirm…
Phased array radar captures evolution of a tornado at close range
Subtle features in thunderstorms captured by rapid scanning phased array radar could alert forecasters to the potential of severe weather.
Flashy storm
A simulation of a Florida thunderstorm showing two lightning flashes (upper-level intracloud and a negative cloud-to-ground). Light gray is the cloud boundary, darker gray is 35 dBZ reflectivity. 2D color slice is simulated NEXRAD reflectivity.
NSSL researchers present preliminary results from VORTEX2
Researchers presented preliminary results from the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2009-2010 (VORTEX2) during a special session at the American Meteorological Society Severe Local Storms Conference held in Denver, Colo. in October.
NSSL successfully launches prototype balloon borne instruments into storm
NSSL researchers successfully launched two balloon borne prototype instruments into a large thunderstorm complex at the end of October.
NSSL team completes installation of weather data system for FAA
A team from NSSL completed the installation of NSSL’s real-time Multiple-Radar/Multiple-Sensor (MRMS) system at the FAA William J Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, N.J. last week.